Research Group for Quality of Care for Older People

The group focuses on research into acute, continuing and end-of-life care for older people; sub-themes include 'quality of life', 'quality of care' and 'quality improvement'.

The team have published in a wide range of academic and professional journals, developed evidence-based educational resources, practice development tools and products to aid practitioners. A flagship programme, My Home Life (MHL) (www.myhomelife.org.uk), is a UK-wide initiative to promote quality of life in care homes for older people and has been endorsed in the Government's White Paper Caring for Our Future: Reforming Care and Support and in the final report of the Commission on Dignity Delivering Dignity: Securing dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes. It is supported by the Relatives and Residents' Association and all the national provider organisations that represent care homes across the UK.

Nicholson, C., Meyer, J., Flatley, M., Holman, C. & Lowton, K. (2012). Living on the margin: Understanding the experience of living and dying with frailty in old age. Social Science and Medicine. 75(8):1426-32.

Jančová J, Kohlíková E. (2008). Aging and functional and Physiological changes associated to posture and postural stability. Archives of the International Journal of medicine, 1(2), 61-68.

Jančová J, Nováková H, Zahálka F. (2008). Intersession reliability of posturographic measurements and impact of some somatometric characteristics on balance control in aging. Archives of the International Journal of medicine, 1(2), 86-90.

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